Rich Peverley

Rich Peverley
Date of birth	July 8, 1982
place of birth	Guelph , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2000-2004	St. Lawrence University
2004-2005	South Carolina Stingrays
2005-2007	Milwaukee Admirals
2007-2009	Nashville Predators
2009-2011	Atlanta Thrashers
2011-2013	Boston Bruins
2013-2014	Dallas Stars

John Richard Peverley (* 8. July 1982 in Guelph , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , - coach and current - functionary . The attacker played over 500 games for the Nashville Predators , Atlanta Thrashers , Boston Bruins and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League . With the Boston Bruins, Peverley won the Stanley Cup in 2011 . He had to end his active career due to a cardiac arrhythmia - previously he had collapsed during a game and had to be reanimated . Since the end of his career, Peverley has been involved in the youth development of the Dallas Stars.

Career

NHL

Rich Peverley began his career as a hockey player on the St. Lawrence University team , for which he was active from 2000 to 2004. He then made his professional ice hockey debut when he played for the South Carolina Stingrays from the ECHL in the 2004/05 season . He was also on the ice once for the Portland Pirates from the American Hockey League this season . In the summer of 2005, Peverley was first signed as a free agent by the AHL club Milwaukee Admirals , before their partner club, the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League , signed him on January 17, 2007 as a free agent.

After he still played for both Milwaukee and Nashville in the 2007/08 season, he was only on the ice for the Predators in the following season. On January 10, 2009, the Atlanta Thrashers signed the Canadian after exceeding the salary cap through Nashville. In the following two years, Peverley was always a regular with the Thrashers before he was given to the Boston Bruins in an exchange deal in February 2011 .

In July 2013, he was transferred to the Dallas Stars along with Tyler Seguin and Ryan Button in exchange for Loui Eriksson , Joe Morrow , Reilly Smith and Matt Fraser .

Health problems and end of career

Peverley in the Dallas Stars jersey

In September 2013, shortly before the start of the first season with the Dallas Stars, Peverley underwent an operation to treat a recently discovered cardiac arrhythmia . He was out for three weeks in total. About six months later, on 10 March 2014, the Canadian lost in the game against the Columbus Blue Jackets , the consciousness as he sat on the bench. The attending medical staff immediately initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation , causing Peverley to regain consciousness and want to go straight back to the field. He was brought to the hospital in stable condition and the game was canceled - it was completely repeated on April 9, 2014, but with the current score of 1-0 for Columbus when the game was canceled.

Two days later, Peverley had another heart operation and was discharged from the clinic a week later. In the subsequent rehabilitation , the Canadian gained his first management experience by standing behind the gang as an assistant coach for the Texas Stars in the 2014/15 season . In September 2015, he officially announced the end of his active career and is now working in the youth department of the Dallas Stars. According to his own statement, he has not had any other health problems since the operation.

International

Peverley took part in the 2010 World Cup in Germany with the national team of his home country , but was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Russia . In total, he got three assists and one goal in seven completed games during the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 ECAC championship with St. Lawrence University
• 2008 AHL All-Star Classic
• 2011 Stanley Cup win with the Boston Bruins

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	St. Lawrence University	ECAC		29	2	4th	6th	4th
2001/02	St. Lawrence University	ECAC		34	10	21st	31	18th
2002/03	St. Lawrence University	ECAC		34	15th	23	38	12
2003/04	St. Lawrence University	ECAC		41	17th	25th	42	34
2004/05	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		69	30th	28	58	72		4th	2	2	4th	6th
2004/05	Portland Pirates	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Reading Royals	ECHL		11	4th	11	15th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		65	12	34	46	44		21st	2	9	11	18th
2006/07	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		66	30th	38	68	62		4th	1	2	3	8th
2006/07	Nashville Predators	NHL		13	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		45	14th	40	54	50		3	1	0	1	0
2007/08	Nashville Predators	NHL		33	5	5	10	8th		6th	0	2	2	0
2008/09	Nashville Predators	NHL		27	2	7th	9	15th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		39	13	22nd	35	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		82	22nd	33	55	36		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		59	14th	20th	34	35		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Boston Bruins	NHL		23	4th	3	7th	2		25th	4th	8th	12	17th
2011/12	Boston Bruins	NHL		57	11	31	42	22nd		7th	3	2	5	4th
2012/13	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		29	9	14th	23	47		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Boston Bruins	NHL		47	6th	12	18th	16		21st	2	0	2	12
2013/14	Dallas Stars	NHL		62	7th	23	30th	15th		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				138	44	73	117	68
ECHL total				80	34	39	73	76		4th	2	2	4th	6th
AHL total				177	56	112	168	156		28	4th	11	15th	26th
NHL overall				442	84	157	241	167		59	9	12	21st	33

International

Represented Canada to:

• World Championship 2010

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010	Canada	WM	7th place		7th	1	3	4th	4th
Men overall					7th	1	3	4th	4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

family

Peverley is married and has three children.

Web links

Commons : Rich Peverley  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rich Peverley at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Rich Peverley at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sports.yahoo.com: "Stars' Peverley out 3 weeks after heart procedure" (English, September 13, 2013, accessed on March 31, 2014)
2. ↑ cbssports.com: "Rich Peverley collapses on bench, Stars-Blue Jackets postponed" (English, March 10, 2014, accessed on March 31, 2014)
3. ↑ chicagotribune.com: "Stars' Peverley recovering from heart surgery" (English, March 19, 2014, accessed on March 31, 2014)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Mike Heika: Rich Peverley retires as player to join Dallas Stars in player development. (No longer available online.) Dallasnews.com, September 4, 2015, archived from the original on September 5, 2015 ; accessed on September 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.